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Food Processing
July 2008 |
Rollout: Best New Products of July 2008 It's hot outside, but these cool new products don't know the difference.   |
U.S. CPSC
August 29, 2007 |
Weather Radios Recalled by Oregon Scientific Due to Failure to Receive National Weather Service Alerts The radios could fail to receive National Weather Service alert signals in certain areas of the country. In the event of severe weather, this failure could put a consumer's life and property at risk. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 1999
Stephen M. Portz - Space Coast Middle School |
Satellite Technologies in the Classroom ...Though the data is often not in real time, the ease of accessibility, the range and quantity of images, and the archival capabilities of the Internet make the use of satellite imagery a great educational activity... |
Fast Company
March 2014 |
The Finally Frontier If Scotland wants to display its technology, why launch a satellite? |
National Defense
August 2013
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Industry May Have Answer to Weather Forecasting Blind Spot The United States faces a gap in future weather forecasts. From less accurate to untimely predictions, there could be dire consequences for the U.S. population and economy, warned a recent Government Accountability Office report. |
National Defense
August 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Improved Military Weather Station Unveiled An advanced version of the TACMET II weather station is being offered by Climatronics Corp. The system, which comes in two rugged cases, operates on extremely low AC or DC power and provides weather information in real-time. |
National Defense
December 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Would You Believe Space Weather Forecasts? The Air Force Weather Agency has perfected a space weather modeling capability that offers 72-hour forecasts from near earth to 40,000 miles out in space |
National Defense
May 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation. |
DailyCandy
November 19, 2004 |
Weather or Not The new Wireless Weather Forecaster will eliminate your weatherman woes and give you an instant view of what's going on outside. No television or radio hassle. Just a sleek gadget. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007
Errol A. Pierre-Louis |
CES 2007: XM's Infotainment Vehicle At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, XM Satellite Radio displayed an "infotainment" vehicle featuring the first personal weather-tracking system for GPS navigation, among other innovations. |
AskMen.com
Bernie Alexander |
Satellite Radio: Signals From Space With the recent news of Howard Stern moving over to this medium, the emergence of satellite radio may be the start of a media revolution. |
Fast Company
April 2010
Damian Joseph |
What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather. |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005 |
Tactical Satellite Communications Networks With flexible operational services and compact ground terminals, Satellite Communications (SATCOM) services offer attractive solutions for military users in theater and on global links. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2006
Stephen Barlas |
Troubled Weather Satellite Program Cost overruns and project delays have led to a cloudy forecast for the United States' new polar-orbiting weather satellites. The problems with the polar satellites are a major concern for the whole enterprise of monitoring Earth from outer space. |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
Personal Weather Stations -- A Home Toy that "Works" Solar powered, wireless weather stations that "look good" and have a full range of Plug-and-Play OEM-approved and supported software drivers for most home automation control systems can be purchased for around $2,000. |
National Defense
July 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Chinese Threats to U.S. Space Systems Worry Officials If China continues to make strides and develops weapons that reach farther, it could one day threaten key satellites in geosynchronous orbit. |
National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Murky Picture of What's Happening in Space Worries Air Force Officials There is a deterrent value to space situational awareness that doesn't grab the attention it should. |
Home Toys
April 2006
John Johnston |
Home Weather Station - Toy or Necessity A home weather station measures the ambient weather that defines a homeowner's microclimate. With that information and a connection to the Internet, various home automation systems can control some home functions in a near immediate response to changes in the weather. |
Popular Mechanics
February 14, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Satellite Shot Offers Navy Key Space Defense Trial: How It Works The Pentagon today announced that a Navy warship has been tasked with shooting down a failing United States spy satellite that, if left alone, was expected to hit Earth within weeks. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Creating a Formula for the Northern Lights A new formula could help researchers predict space weather events, which can affect electronic and communication systems. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Collision Course: The Need for Better Space Junk Regulations Space is getting crowded, and the problem urgently needs attention from all spacefaring nations, lest we find ourselves earthbound under a shroud of orbiting trash. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2007
Carl Hoffman |
China's Space Threat: How Missiles Could Target U.S. Satellites The Chinese have successfully destroyed an old weather satellite in space, prompting other countries to respond. |
Macworld
July 2, 2005
Owen Linzmayer |
3D Weather Globe & Atlas 1.1 If you're interested in weather or geography, you absolutely must own 3D Weather Globe & Atlas 1.1. Its real-time weather feed is unmatched in scope and reasonably priced. And it even comes with a screen saver module that shows an amazing satellite fly-over of the Earth's surface. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
Weather Channel Adds Forecasts To Google Map New feature ties together leading online weather information from the Weather Channel, and mapping services from Google Maps. |
National Defense
March 2007
Robert H. Williams |
Compact Weather Station for Drones A lightweight, portable weather station that is crafted for unmanned aerial vehicle ground controllers is being produced by Climatronics. The self-contained system offers weather information in real-time. |
Science News
June 17, 2000 |
Disaster Pix If you're one of those people who need to see the extent of intense weather events and great natural disasters---perferably as they are developing---this Web site is for you.... |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
Sandra Upson |
U.S. Earth-Sensing Satellites Left Out In the Cold The degree of precision needed to forecast hurricanes, and the future accuracy of climate modeling as well, may be in danger if recent trends in Earth-observing satellite programs persist. |
National Defense
September 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Vice Chief Tells Air Force Staff to `Fix the Weather' Although the Air Force has some of the most sophisticated weaponry ever made, it can't battle the weather. The idea is to get weather information instantly fed into command-and-control systems so planners can make decisions based on accurate up-to-dater data. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004 |
PASPORT Personal Weather Monitor The PASPORT Personal Weather Monitor allows students to gain new insight into the science of weather. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Robert Gall & David Parsons |
It's Hurricane Season: Do You Know Where Your Storm is? Souped-up satellites, supercomputers, and superior science might soon mean you really can trust the weather report. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
The Earth, Updated Google has marked the one-year anniversary of its Google Earth satellite mapping software by delivering a new beta version 4.0. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2007
Dan Rubin |
Fool Video Take: Siriusly Doomed? Watch what this stock analyst thinks about Sirius. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
IBM Teams Up With The Weather Company For Emergency Tech The Weather Company is doing something that's a long way from weather updates on cable television: emergency management software for cities. |
Fast Company
May 1, 2007
Tracy Staedter |
Hard-Driving Satellite radio goes TiVo. |
Home Theater
May 18, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Dizzy Satellite May Thwart Cable Intelsat, a communications company, says it has lost control of one of its satellites. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Bedrossian et al. |
Overclock My Satellite Sophisticated algorithms boost satellite performance on the cheap |
IndustryWeek
December 14, 2011 |
Loral Space Focuses on Customer Signals Profit skyrockets for satellite producer on heightened customer awareness and continuous-improvement strategies. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2007
Suhas Sreedhar |
Night Life as Seen From Space Scientists plan satellite to snap pictures of cities at night. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Should Sirius Lose the Satellite? Are Wi-Fi and WiMAX in Sirius Satellite Radio's future? This question is addressed in this video discussion. |
National Defense
June 2012
Eric Beidel |
Researchers Develop Tow Truck for Space Scientists want to launch a robot into space that would remove functioning parts from retired satellites and transport them to a different orbit for continued use. |
National Defense
January 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Out-of-Synch Satellite and Terminal Programs Cost Pentagon Millions It is an example of a longtime problem in the U.S. military: a lack of coordination between those who build and launch satellites, and those who develop the devices that connect the billion-dollar spacecraft with soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. |
National Defense
June 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Air Force Faces Daunting Task to Determine What's Happening in Space The Air Force needs to monitor to have a complete picture of what is happening to the thousands of orbiting systems that circle the planet. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Robert Barker |
Satellite Radio: Clear Growth, Far-Off Profits Investments in outer space don't pay off? Try telling that to shareholders of the two companies licensed to beam down radio programming from way up there: Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings. Their shares have soared into high orbit, and the market has been lapping up fresh offerings. |
Wired
February 2006
Patrick Radden Keefe |
I Spy Amateur satellite spotters can track everything government spymasters blast into orbit. Except the stealth bird codenamed Misty. |
National Defense
June 2015
Vinny Sica |
Enabling Satellites to Do More With Less Satellite customers should continue to prioritize a streamlined approach by investing more in ground modernization and reuse of existing capabilities where feasible. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006 |
Modeling Toward Accurate Storm Forecasting For the time being, getting the weather right will still require a large dose of good fortune. But continued improvements in our weather predicting capabilities will eventually take the guessing out of storm prediction and bring us to the moment when wagering on the weather will be a safe bet indeed. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
Barry E. DiGregorio |
Roundabout Way of Profiling Earth's Atmosphere Here's how new methods of measuring temperature, pressure, and humidity using GPS signals should improve weather forecasting. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
Sigrid Close |
Shooting Stars Can Shoot Down Satellites We don't know enough about meteoroids |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006
Ben Ames |
Three teams compete to build NOAA climate satellite The next-generation GOES-R satellites will collect 100 times more data and scan the Earth three- to-five times faster than previous systems. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
Baby, Is It Cold Outside? Many of us keep our radios set so we hear the weather report as soon as we wake up. But if you want to know the weather closer to home than the nearest airport, there are gadgets that tells you what's doing right outside your door. |
